Registration No. 33-83828


                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

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                 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-2
                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                          The Berkshire Gas Company
           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
             Massachusetts                          04-1731220
     (State or Other Jurisdiction                (I.R.S. Employer
   of Incorporation or Organization)            Identification No.)

                              115 Cheshire Road
                       Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
                               (413) 442-1511
             (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
      Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                        SCOTT S. ROBINSON, President
             115 Cheshire Road, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
                              (413) 442-1511
          (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
                 Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

                                Copies to:
       ERIC J. KRATHWOHL, ESQ.                     JUSTIN P. DOYLE, ESQ.
Rich, May, Bilodeau & Flaherty, P.C.          Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle
       294 Washington Street                           Clinton Square
    Boston, Massachusetts  02108                 Rochester, New York 14603

       Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement

      If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, check the following box.   [  ]

      If the registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report to security
holders, or a complete and legible facsimile thereof, pursuant to Item 11(a)(1)
of this form, check the following box.   [  ]

      Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Form S-2
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (Registration
No. 33-83828), The Berkshire Gas Company deregisters 5,000 shares of its
common stock, $2.50 par value, heretofore registered.  The reason for
deregistration is that the over-allotment option granted to the Underwriter
was not fully exercised.

                                 SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-2 and has duly caused
this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on the 18th day
of April, 1995.

                                  THE BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY

                                  By:   /s/ Michael J. Marrone
                                        Michael J. Marrone, Treasurer

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on the 18th day of April, 1995.

JOSEPH T. KELLEY*             Chairman of the Board of Directors and
(Joseph T. Kelley)            Director

SCOTT S. ROBINSON*            President, Chief Executive Officer and
(Scott S. Robinson)           Director

/s/ Michael J. Marrone        Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
(Michael J. Marrone)          Financial Officer (Chief Accounting
                              Officer)

GEORGE R. BALDWIN*            Director
(George R. Baldwin)

JOHN W. BOND*                 Director
(John W. Bond)

PAUL L. GIOIA*                Director
(Paul L. Gioia)

WILLIAM S. GOEDECKE*          Director
(William S. Goedecke)

FRANKLIN M. HUNDLEY*          Director
(Franklin M. Hundley)

ROBERT B. TRASK*              Director
(Robert B. Trask)

*By:   /s/ Michael J. Marrone
       (Michael J. Marrone)
       Attorney-in-Fact